Members of large criminal group arrested in Novi Sad and Subotica

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By order of the Public Prosecutor's Office for Organized Crime in cooperation with SBPOK and the Tax Police Sector, 22 persons were arrested today in the territory of Novi Sad and Subotica, namely: R.S., S.K., Z.K., A.K., S.V.K., T.K., Z.A. M.M., S.V., J.V., A.V., N.N., D.R., M.G., M.S., A.H., D.T., M.E., S.DJ., A.F., V.M. and M.B.P.

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They are held on suspicion of committing the criminal acts of conspiracy to commit criminal acts, tax evasion and abuse of office.

An appeal against the decision can be filed with the pre-trial panel of the Higher Court in Belgrade, within three days.

The organizer, R.S., put together this criminal group under whose control seven business entities abroad and seven business entities in Serbia operated.

This organized criminal group created fake documentation, at the order of a freight forwarder, necessary to import used cars. These are accounts showing reduced value of used motor vehicles and false EUR-1 forms.

In the period from February 1, 2019 to October 3, 39,078 used cars were imported. As a result, the budget of the Republic of Serbia was damaged by more than 2.1 billion dinars.

Based on forged business documents created in this way, this organized criminal group obtained illegal gains in the amount of EUR 1,179,300, while the freight forwarders received EUR 2,735,460.

The search of the premises is in progress.

Suspects will be brought before the Public Prosecutor's Office for Organized Crime along with a criminal complaint, after which they will be questioned.

(Telegraf.rs)